Liquid slot machine



Nov. 15, 1927. 1,649,515

S. T. EVANOVE LIQUID SLOT MACHINE Filed Feb. 6, 1924 unum 4 I lNVENTOR 3 Ja/m/e/ Tfmmra f7 TTORNEY Patented Nov. 15, 1927.

SAMUEIITJEVANOVE; OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON;

L'IQUID' SLOTI MACHINE.

Application filed February The inventionsisi-a' slot machinewhich may be operated by a coin. andwhich will first deliver. a cup; and then. a predetermined amount ofzliquidto fillithe cup...

avidea devicewhereby drinking cups may be e ecte(l from; a 1 container: by; turning a handle after: a:co1n has beenplaced therein.

And a= further object of theinvention is a smallv container which hZlSTSlllt'" to -provide able l valves for through; it, in which the valves belocked. may; be released: by a coin.-

And a still further object.ofatheiinvention is toprovide asmall :container for measur- 111g in, which the amount of: the liquid. that will. beymeasuredby the: container may 'berogue lated. 4

"With these ends ;in view the inventionembodies a container for liquids or the-like 'havpermitting; a: liquid to flowing; a small compartment; in it a in which a.- coolmg substance may-be. placed and a- 0011] chute attached" to itv which will operate a:

device for ejecting cupsas: a coin passes. downward1n 1t andTalso-a meansfor e ect1ng a predetermined: amount of the liquid in the.

container asthe coinrea'ches the' lower end;

Other features and advantages of them-- vention willl'be'seen from'the; following description taken :inzconnection: withthe drawings; wherein Figure 1*is af-ront view with part broken away; I v

Figure 21isa-plan View with parts omitted.

Figureii is a sectionalview inga'device:

Figure' 1; is a cross section through the liquid uneasuring; device;

1n the drawings asit would be constructed ,wherein numera 1 indicates a k'egynumeral 2a casing for holdingtsmallxcups, and numeral 3 -a liquid measuring: device;v r I The-ke'g-1may be-of any suitable design ormaybe constructed: in -.the form of. a. tank or any suitable container "and may be made integral. with.- the' casing or' detachable as shown: A. secondary; containere may be Another object: of-.-the invention. is to-pro- I which. will and ircleasing a givenamount of a liquid handle'is turned a recess showing the paper: cup, e ecting. roll and also the-meansfor f lOC/klngfiflld releasing the liquid measur' I have=shown my device 1' casing'on the shaft 23 it will cause this 6,1924. Serial in. 690,923.

placed in the center of the keg, Sothatice or any suitable material for cooling the. liquid in the keg may be placed in it. The container 4 may have a drain pipe 5 leading. from its lowerend through an openingfi in the outer wall of the casing to acock 7 by which the container may be drained. This. innercontainermay also be of any shape .or design and may be made integral with the) keg. or detachable.

Theouter casing 2 may have'a coin'chute q 6- atone side which is provided. with an: opening 'i at the upper endinto whichcoins maybe placed. A lever 8 which isspivoted on a pin 9. in'the casing 2 may projecttintothe chute 6 as shown inFigure 1 so that a coin will engage'its inner end as. it passes downward and itwill be seen'that thezweight of the. coin will force the inner end of the lever 8. downwar'dzand theiouter end 11- upward to theposition shown. in. dotted lines in Figure 1. The chute may be provided with an opening12 so that the coin, which I. have indicated by dotted lines 13', may en-- I gage'the surface of a disc 14 on a shaft15 which will-hold the coinlbetween the face of. the disc and the end of the lever 8. The. end llofthe lever 8 op'eratesbetween guides 16 andfits into a notch 17- in a disc 18 so that it will normally lock the disc and pre vent the turning of a handle 19 on the end; of the shaft 15 upon which the disc 18 is also' fixedly mounted. However, whenza coinar rives at the position shown inv dotted lines' and indicated by the numeral 13 the end 11 of thelever 8 will raise andipermit thehandle 19 to be turned. As; soon as the 20 inthe disclt will permit the coin to move slightlyout ward and release. the lever 8 and then, drop downward into the chute, The handle 19 may then be turned .in a complete revolution and asit is turning it will rotate a roller 21 vwhichis also mounted onthe shaft 15 andt. as this roller frictionally engages. another roller 22 which isrotatably mounted inthe.

making; aseries of paper cupsmto: astrip. 110;

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with perforations between them. This strip may be wound upon a roller 26 which may be rotatably mounted in the casing on a shaft 27. It will be seen that as the handle 19 is rotated it will rotate the roller 21 and this roller may be of such a size that it will cause the strip to move outward a distance of only one cup. As the handle completes 7 its revolution the end 11 of the lever 8 which is considerably heavier than the end 10 will drop into the notch 17 in the disc 18 and again lock the handle. 3

As the coin drops downward it will engage an end 28 of a lever 29 which extends into an opening in the edge of the chute 6 and which is pivotally mounted on a pin 30 in bearings 31 in the lower part of the easing and as it engages this end of the lever its weight will force this end downward and the opposite end 32 upward so that the shoulder 33 will move away from a shoulder 34 on a projection of tne operating lever 36. The lever 36' is provided with a knob 37 at its outer end by which it may be pulled outward and a spring 38 at its inner end which will pull it inward and return it to its normal position. This lever is provided with an extension 39 that projects through a slotted hole 40 in the lower section 41 of the container 3 and on the extension 39 is a plate 42 which slides with the lever 36 and closes the inner end of the opening 40 at all times. The plate 42 is provided with a projection 43 which has attached to it a flat plate 44 that will slide on the bottom of the container and close an opening 45 therein when the device is not in use. The opening 45 extends downward through a tubular shaped casing forming a spout 46 through which the liquid will pass when it is being taken from the container. The projection 43 of the plate 42 is also provided with a small rod 47 that extends through the tubular shaped casing 48 at the inner end of the section 41 and is pivotally attached to a cover plate 49 which is hinged to the inner end of the casing 48 as shown at the point 50 in Figure 2. The casing 48 is held to the keg or container 1 by placing the casing 48 through an opening in the lower part of the keg and looking it in place by screwing a nut 51 on the inner end of the casing. The nut 51 will lock the wall of the container against a shoulder 52 on the casing 48 as shown in Figure 4. The upper section 53 of the container 3 may be constructed as shown and provided with a dia phragm 54 having a set screw 55 in its center so that the diaphragm may be raised or lowered to increase or decrease the volume on the interior of the container 3, so that it will be possible to regulate the amount of liquid that will be ejected from the container 3. The sections 41 and 53 may be held together by screws 56 or any other suitable means. The end of the projection 35 of the lever 36 is provided with another extension 57 which extends backward to the chute 6 and this extension is provided with guide plates 58 and 59 which will move from the position shown in Figure 2 to a. position directly under the chute 6 so that the coin will pass through an opening in the edge of the chute 6, between the guides, and then drop into an opening 60 in the casing.

A door 61 may be placed in the rear of the casing and may be provided with a lock 62. The casing may also be provided with a cover 63 which may be hinged at'the point 64 and held at the opposite side by a lock 65 so that it may readily be opened when it is desired to examine or repair the mecha nism on the interior.

It will be understoodthat changes may be made in the construction without departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which changes may be in the arrangement or design of the coin chute; another may be in the type or design of the paper cups, or in the means for ejecting them; and

still another change may be in the design or arrangement of the means formeasuring and ejecting the liquid.

The construction will readily beunderstood from the foregoing description. To use the device it may be constructed as shown and it will beseen that as the coin is placed in the opening 7 the handle 19 may be turned which will eject a cup as hereinbefore described. The coin will then release the lever 36 and when the knob 37 is pulled outward the coin will be permitted to pass between the guides 58 and 59 and into the box below as hereinbefore described. It will be seen that in the normal position the coin will engage the guide 59 and be held in the chute and on the end 28 of the lever 29.

As the lever 36 moves forward the plate 44 will also move forward and open the opening 45 so that liquid in the container 3 may pass outvof the spout 46, and at the same time the rod 47 will close the inner end of the casing 48 by drawing the cover 49 against it and thereby prevent liquid in the large container passing into the measuring device, and as the knob 37 is released the plate 44 will move back the drawing so that it will close the opening 45 and the rod 47 will open the cover at the inner end of the tubular casing 48 so that the measuring device may be again filled with liquid from the container. At the same time the end 28 of the lever 29 will move upward and the heaviereend 32 will drop downward and lock the lever 36 so that it will be impossible toobtain any additional liquid from the device until another coin has been placed in the slot. 7

Having thus fully described the invento the position shown on tion, what I claim as new and desire to serigid connections between said valve means 1 cure by Letters Patent, is for holding one valve open when the other In a liquid dispenser, a container, means is closed, resilient means for holding the for varying the effective capacity of said valvemeans in one position, a handle for container, comprising a flexible diaphragm, manually operating the valve means and a said container having an inlet opening in suitable means for locking the said valve 15 one Wall, an unaligned outlet opening in a means in one position until it is released by Wall adjacent but not parallel to said first a coin.

wall, valve means for each of said openings, 7 c SAMUEL T. EVANOVE. 

